Closure for garment pockets



A. B. JARDIN.

CLOSURE FOR GARMENT POCKETS.

APPLICATION HL-ED NOV. 19, 1919.

1,4]. 9 '735 v 1 Patented June 13, 1922.

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I ATENT O CLOSURE FOR GARMENT POCKETS.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT B. JARDIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures for Garment Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an article of manufacture adapted to be secured to the upper edge of-a pocket-flap of a garment, and, extending into the pocket, to offer a positive obstruction against the removal of a watch or other article from within the pocket when the garment is inverted, and also to thwart any malicious attempt upon the part of a thief to remove the said watch or other article from the.

pocket without the knowledge of the owner and wearer of the garment thus equipped.

A further object of the invention is to provide a plate having means forming one or a plurality of integral extensions from its upper edge portion outwardly and thence downwardly, to comprise yielding clipping means whereby said plate is attached to a pocket-flap; to provide a flexible member secured to said plate and extending laterally from the adjacent surface thereof into the path normally taken by a watch or other article within a pocket upon being removed therefrom.

With these and other objects in View, the invention comprises further details of construction and operation hereinafter fully brought out in the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is a partial fragmentary elevation of a pocket and portions of a garment immediately surrounding the same, showing the pocket equipped with the improved article of manufacture; Fig. 2 is a vertical {transverse section of the pocket shown in Fig. 1 equipped with the improved device; and F ig. 3 is a perspective view of the improve device per se.

Referring to the drawings, a garment 1 of any usual type is provided with an outer pocket wall 2, having an upper edge 3, and closed at the bottom by means of a section of fabric 4 secured at one edge portion to the pocket-flap, and at itsopposite edge portion to a part of the garment proper hidden behind the said pocket-flap.

The invention itself comprises a plate 5, having one or a plurality of extensions 6 Specification of Letters'Patent. I Patented June 13 192 2.

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projecting-upwardly from the adjacent edge of said plate, thence laterally outwardly,- downwardly and in yielding resilient con tact with the outer surface of said plate, and preferably terminating in enlarged heads 7. The said plate has its outer face provided'with a plurality ofspurs 8, while similar spurs 9 are provided upon the inner surface of the lower portion of each of the clip extensions 6.

Extending parallel with the rear face of the said plate is one portion 10 of a section of material such as leather, stiff paper, or the like, the same being secured in position by means of eyelets 11, which at spaced intervals extend through both said member and said plate. A portion of the said mem her is bent laterally away from the upper edge of the plate 5, and extends thence downwardly to form a section 12, which section, by virtue of the resiliency of the member, tends to span the opening of the pocket as isclearly shown in Fig. 2.

A watch, or other article 13, positioned as shown in the drawings, normally rests upon the lower portion of the section of fabric 4, and it will be obvious that this article cannot be removed directly from the pocket without encountering the flexible closure member 12. However, when the wearer of the garment desires to remove the watch or other article, it is only necessary for him to insert a thumb or finger into the pocket in such manner that the closure section 12 is temporarily bent closely upon the section 10 secured to the plate 5, and also the outer pocket wall is pulled slightly outwardly away from the adjacent portion of the garment, in which position the various elements, it will be readily observed, offer .no obstruction to the ready removal of the watch from the pocket.

On the other hand, the said watch can be returned to the pocket without manipulating the closure member 12 in the least, as upon dropping the watch downwardly behind the pocket-flap, said closure automatically folds against the portion 10 in such manner as to permit the ready passage of the watch into the pocket. The device can of course be removed from a pocket by springing the llO ble efiiciency as a prevention against accidental or malicious loss of the Watch or similar article.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. An article of manufacture, comprising a plate provided with a spur upon one face, and a resilient clip extension carried by said plate, and tending to yieldingly press against the spurred face thereof, in com-- bination with a section of resilient material secured to the opposite face of said plate,

and comprising a second portion normally yieldingly extending in spaced relation away from said first portion and said plate.

' ALBERT Bi 'JARDIN. 

